Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, 13th Baronet

English Anglican priest and theologian (1884–1937)

Mary Trym Budden

(m. 1922)

^[1]Parents

Edwyn Hoskyns
Mary Maude

Ecclesiastical careerReligionChristianity (Anglican)ChurchChurch of EnglandOrdained

1908 (deacon)^[1]
? (priest)

Academic backgroundAlma materJesus College, CambridgeInfluences

Karl Barth^[2]
Gerhard Kittel^[3]

Academic workDiscipline

Biblical studies
theology

Sub-disciplineBiblical theologySchool or traditionAnglo-Catholicism^[4]InstitutionsCorpus Christi College, CambridgeInfluenced

C. K. Barrett
Christopher Evans
Gabriel Hebert
Donald Lynch
Michael Ramsey
Edward Roberts^[5]

Sir Edwyn Clement Hoskyns, 13th Baronet, MC (9 August 1884 – 28 June 1937) was an English Anglican priest and theologian.

Career

Hoskyns was born on 9 August 1884 in Notting Hill, London, the eldest child and only son of Bishop Edwyn Hoskyns and his wife Mary Constance Maude Benson.^[1] He was educated at Haileybury College, Jesus College, Cambridge and Wells Theological College, graduating from the latter in 1907.^[6] Hoskyns was a fellow and Dean of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,^[1] and a notable biblical scholar. On his father's death in 1925, he succeeded to the Hoskyns baronetcy. His influence on the next generation of clergymen was considerable,^{[citation needed]} e.g., on Michael Ramsey,^[7]^[8] Gabriel Hebert,^{[citation needed]} Christopher Evans,^[9]^[10] Donald Lynch,^[11] and C. K. Barrett.^[12]

Hoskyns served in the Great War as a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces. He was commissioned in July 1915, and served in Egypt and France. He was described as 'A capable chaplain. Hard worker. Has made a good SCF (Senior Chaplain to the Forces).’^[13] He was awarded the Military Cross, 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Under heavy shell fire he personally placed wounded in a safe place, and was solely responsible from preventing them falling into the hands of the enemy. He remained with them until all had been evacuated, being slightly wounded himself. Next day he showed conspicuous courage in tending wounded in an exposed position under heavy shell and machine-gun fire for nine hours without a break.'^[14]

He died on 28 June 1937 in London and was buried in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire.^[1]

Writings

The Riddle of the New Testament. With Francis Noel Davey. London: Faber & Faber, 1931
The Epistle to the Romans, by Karl Barth; translated from the 6th edition by Edwyn C. Hoskyns. Oxford University Press, 1933
Cambridge Sermons. London: SPCK, 1938
The Fourth Gospel. London: Faber & Faber, 1940
Crucifixion-Resurrection: The Pattern of the Theology and Ethics of the New Testament. Edwyn Clement Hoskyns & Francis Noel Davey. London: SPCK, 1981.

Arms

Coat of arms of Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, 13th Baronet
	Crest Out of a ducal coronet a lion's head erased Or with flames of fire out of his mouth Proper crowned Or. Escutcheon Per pale Gules and Azure a chevron between three lions rampant Or. Motto Vincula Da Linguae Vel Tibi Lingua Dabit (Bind The Tongue or the Tongue Will Thee)^[15]

References

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Wakefield 2004.
^ Morgan 2015, pp. 432–433.
^ Challis, William (May 1979). "The Hand of God in the World". Third Way. Vol. 3, no. 5. London. p. 23. ISSN 0309-3492. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
^ Browning 2009, "Hoskyns, Edwyn Clement (1884–1937)".
^ "Rt Rev Edward Roberts". The Daily Telegraph. London. 3 July 2001. p. 25. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
^ "HOSKYNS, Rev. Canon Sir Edwyn (Clement)". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2022 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Kaiser 2012, p. 2.
^ "Heroes of the Faith: Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, 1884–1937" (PDF). The Church Observer. London: Church Union. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ Hooker 2014, p. 197.
^ Eyre, Richard (15 August 2012). "The Rev Christopher Evans Obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ "Prebendary Donald Lynch". The Telegraph. London. 7 December 2000. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ Morgan 2015, p. 433.
^ TNA WO374/34868
^ London Gazette, 23.7.1918 p8811
^ Debrett's Peerage. 1878.

Bibliography

Browning, W. R. F. (2009). A Dictionary of the Bible (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199543984.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-172688-0.
Hooker, Morna D. (2014). "Christopher Francis Evans, 1909–2012" (PDF). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy. Vol. 13. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 195–214. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
Kaiser, Austin Elliott (2012). Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury: Incarnational Anglicanism and British Society, 1928–1974 (PhD dissertation). Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon. hdl:1794/12367.
Morgan, Robert (2015). "C.K. Barrett and New Testament Theology". Journal for the Study of the New Testament. 37 (4): 432–457. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.872.9168. doi:10.1177/0142064X15581323. ISSN 1745-5294. S2CID 170398044.
Wakefield, Gordon Stevens (2004). "Hoskyns, Sir Edwyn Clement, Thirteenth Baronet (1884–1937)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34008.